Flipping High School and Middle-Grades Mathematics and Science Classes: Student Outcomes

• In Event: 30.059 - Innovations in Learning Environments Research in STEM Classrooms

Abstract

A flipped classroom is one in which the traditional activities of “lecturing” and “problem-solving” are “flipped”. In this project, 17 secondary and middle-grades teachers of mathematics and science selected one unit of instruction to flip. They produced video content for students to watch outside of class, thus freeing in-class time to engage students in active learning experiences. Student learning outcomes were measured by end-of-unit test scores. Comparison with the same unit in a non-flipped class showed higher scores in the flipped unit for 10 teachers, mixed results for five teachers, and lower scores for two teachers. In each of the flipped classes, students completed a survey reporting their engagement, learning, and affective reactions to the flipped classroom experience.

Authors

• Lenore Kinne, Northern Kentucky University

• Ted Hodgson, Northern Kentucky University

• Teri Murphy, Northern Kentucky University